Its time for the ladies to step up for the second of our high brow classical additions to the Essential Collection range.Who better to kick us off, sorry that should be, get proceedings underway, than the inimitable Maria Callas, perhaps and arguably the most famous soprano of them all!We then go way back in time to feature our earliest voice, that of Adelina Patti who was already gone by 1919!Other great sopranos included are Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Victoria de los Angeles, two ladies who were still entertaining audiences into the 1970s.Moving on to the Great Contraltos we feature Britains beloved Kathleen Ferrier who died tragically young, and the statuesque, 6 foot tall Clara Butt whose voice according to Sir Thomas Beecham could be heard across the English Channel!Listen and wonder at these great voices from another era, and not a fat lady in sight!